ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,155, issued on March 24, was assigned to Fertin Pharma A/S (Vejle, Denmark).

"Pouched product" was invented by Kent Albin Nielsen (Vejle, Denmark), Kim Bogh Pedersen (Vejle, Denmark) and Bine Hare Jakobsen (Vejle, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nicotine pouched product is disclosed, the pouched product comprising a pouch composition and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing said pouch composition, the pouch composition comprising nicotine and a pouch substrate, the pouch substrate comprising water-insoluble fiber, wherein said pouch composition comprises nicotine in an amount of at least 0.25% by weight of the pouch compositi...